Alistair et al, I can confirm that this indicator-sound-gtk2 package update SUCCEEDS on 2 different Xubuntu Saucy machines in my house: one with an Intel i915 kernel module and one with a gma500_gfx kernel module (Modesetting Xorg video driver).
Folks - please try the following procedure or the equivalent out, okay? 1. Make sure that patches are *not* in effect. E.g. With synaptic, re-install indicator-sound and indicator-sound-gtk from the repositories. 2. Restart the desktop (E.g. sudo reboot). 3. Verify that the audio widget in the upper-right corner isn't functioning as it ought to. 4. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:a-j-buxton/indicator-sound-gtk2 5. sudo apt-get -y update 6. sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade 7. Restart the desktop. Thank you, Alistair. Richard On 12/06/2013 05:53 AM, Alistair Buxton wrote: > PPA with fixed package: > > https://launchpad.net/~a-j-buxton/+archive/indicator-sound-gtk2 > ppa:a-j-buxton/indicator-sound-gtk2 > > This doesn't use the workaround from the bug report. It fixes it in a > way which is hopefully compatible with other desktops. It needs > testing though, on systems with both Xubuntu and Unity installed. > > On 6 December 2013 09:55, P.K. <pliniusmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Too much unreasonable negativism, I think. Xubuntu 13.10 is generally a fine >> operating system, of high quality. Stable as a rock and reliable. >> >> The very small group of Xubuntu developers have done a great job, for which >> I'm very grateful to them. >> >> If you want an enterprise grade operating system, pick Xubuntu 12.04 LTS. >> Period. No use spending too much dev time on an operating system that has a >> lifespan of a mere nine months. That time is better spent on the next LTS >> and on the point releases of the current LTS. >> >> That said: I think it would perhaps be a good idea to present the workaround >> for the bug of volume control in the panel, *in full* on the Release Notes >> page of 13.10. Instead of a mere link to the bug report on Launchpad. Easier >> to find, easier to apply.... Maybe with a cautionary word about side effects >> if you have installed other desktop environments as well. >> >> Regards, Pjotr. >> >> >> 2013/12/6 legacy daily <legacyda...@gmail.com> >>> I also felt this was a real issue. Between this and a number of other >>> annoying bugs - like race condition booting from SSD, new users may end up >>> quite disappointed. Hopefully the LTS will have a much higher quality. >>> >>> - George >>> >>> On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Richard Elkins <richard.elk...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The issues with bug #1208204 are these: >>> >>> (1) The complaints began in July. As of 70 milliseconds ago, this bug is >>> not assigned to anyone, with a status of "Undecided", and still marked as >>> "New" to Ubuntu Studio. >>> (2) See Peter Flynn's earlier mail. Well-articulated IMO. >>> (3) If the indicator-sound package is re-released without a fix to >>> #1208204 (and this has happened at least once), then you have to apply the >>> patch again. Maybe again and again. And so on. >>> >>> In message #69 of the bug report, there is an attachment is an automated >>> patch for XFCE users which obviates the need to manually edit the file each >>> time indicator-sound is rolled out without a fix to this issue. It does >>> take care that it is being used by an XFCE user. However, it's still a >>> work-around. A lesser of evils. >>> >>> Some other solutions for non-tech users seeking a light-weight desktop: >>> (1) Go back to Xubuntu 13.04. Read reviews before attempting an upgrade. >>> (2) Replace Xubuntu with Lubuntu/LXDE. >>> (3) Replace Xubuntu with Mint/MATE. >>> >>> In any of them, users must take care to backup their data somewhere safe >>> before doing a new ground-up installation. All of them are disruptive and >>> personal time-wasters. >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> On 12/05/2013 11:12 AM, Bruno Benitez wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Pjtor, I am not a programmer, but I see a huge problem with your "very >>> easy" fix, you see, xubuntu shares most and almost all their setting from >>> mainbuntu, so the file /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service >>> belongs to all the *buntu multiverse, changing its content would have >>> affected all the flavours and then break the ubuntu's panels. Xubuntu would >>> have needed an "special" indicator-sound.service and all the programs that >>> call the service would have to be tuned to use this, as far as i understand. >>> >>>> Now I readily admit that I'm no developer and I can't fabricate an update >>>> package that does this, but *it looks* dead simple to do, in my layman's >>>> eyes. And it *would* be a big Public Relations bonus for Xubuntu 13.10. >>> >>> It is one of the recommended solutions, to be applied by xubuntu users >>> manually, again we can not ship a modified file because it would break the >>> rest of the flavours. >>> >>> I agree that this was not a nice thing to happen, and that maybe some >>> silly workaround (like simply adding a panel launcher to pavucontrol as >>> default, or adding a standalone sound applet) might have been preferrable, >>> but at the moment no one of us though about this. >>> >>> I can not speak for the rest of xubuntu but I feel a bit ashamed that we >>> let this go through so far as it did. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Br >>> uno.- >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> xubuntu-devel mailing list >>> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >>> >>> -- >>> xubuntu-devel mailing list >>> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >>> >> >> -- >> xubuntu-devel mailing list >> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >> > > -- xubuntu-devel mailing list xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel